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Trauma and Coping in Sexually Abused Girls

This study explored the trauma and coping mechanisms of sexually abused girls in a residential institution in the Philippines. Through questionnaires and interviews with 7 girls who experienced sexual abuse like fingering, lasciviousness, rape, and incest, the study found that girls who were closer to their abusers experienced more severe trauma. The highest form of trauma reported was a feeling of betrayal, which manifested as distrust, anger, and vigilance towards others. The coping mechanism found to be most utilized and helpful was seeking social support through disclosing the abuse and getting help from others.

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Trauma and Coping in Sexually Abused Girls

This study explored the trauma and coping mechanisms of sexually abused girls in a residential institution in the Philippines. Through questionnaires and interviews with 7 girls who experienced sexual abuse like fingering, lasciviousness, rape, and incest, the study found that girls who were closer to their abusers experienced more severe trauma. The highest form of trauma reported was a feeling of betrayal, which manifested as distrust, anger, and vigilance towards others. The coping mechanism found to be most utilized and helpful was seeking social support through disclosing the abuse and getting help from others.

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Trauma and Coping Mechanism of Sexually Abused Girls

Arizon D. Paraiso, RPm, Alyssa Mari A. Reyes, RPm

ABSTRACT

This paper explored the trauma and coping mechanism of sexually abused girls in one of
the residential institution in Dasmarias, Cavite conducted from June 2014 to February 2015. This
study specifically aimed to determine how the trauma was experienced and how the sexually
abused girls cope with their trauma. The study was a multiple case study design, mixed-method
design. Self-made Trauma Questionnaire and Coping Questionnaire were utilized with a
Cronbach Alpha of .91 while unstructured interview was employed to validate the result of the
quantitative data. The study involved seven girls with different cases of sexual abuse, fingering,
act of lasciviousness, rape, incest and sex trafficking. Trauma and coping mechanism were
subjective phenomenological experience of every sexually-abused girl. Those who have closer
relationship with her perpetrator have more tendencies to fall into severe or profound trauma.
Betrayal is notably the highest mean score type of trauma where the abuse girls experience
distrust, hostility, disenchantment, anger, blaming others and becoming more vigilant to other
people. Active social coping is reported the most utilized and most helpful coping mechanism.
Disclosure of the abuse and seeking social support help them the most to cope with the trauma
brought by the sexual abuse experience.

KEY WORDS: Incest, act of lasciviousness, rape, traumatic sexualization powerlessness,


betrayal, stigmatization,

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